![SUNDIALS – Pietro BORRANI. Contemporary manuscript, ‘Disertazione sopra il retrocedimento dell’ombra solare su l’orologio di Acaz letta nell’adunanza letteraria dei SS.i Accademici Infecondi di Prato nel’giorno 26 di Agosto dell’Anno 1772’, [Italy, likely Prato, c.1772]. In Italian, 160 written pages, 233 x 190mm. Contemporary vellum (edges bumped).](https://staging.christies.com/img/LotImages/2017/CKS/2017_CKS_14298_0024_001(sundials_pietro_borrani_contemporary_manuscript_disertazione_sopra_il020755).jpg?w=1)
![SUNDIALS – Pietro BORRANI. Contemporary manuscript, ‘Disertazione sopra il retrocedimento dell’ombra solare su l’orologio di Acaz letta nell’adunanza letteraria dei SS.i Accademici Infecondi di Prato nel’giorno 26 di Agosto dell’Anno 1772’, [Italy, likely Prato, c.1772]. In Italian, 160 written pages, 233 x 190mm. Contemporary vellum (edges bumped).](https://staging.christies.com/img/LotImages/2017/CKS/2017_CKS_14298_0024_000(sundials_pietro_borrani_contemporary_manuscript_disertazione_sopra_il040941).jpg?w=1)
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SUNDIALS – Pietro BORRANI. Contemporary manuscript, ‘Disertazione sopra il retrocedimento dell’ombra solare su l’orologio di Acaz letta nell’adunanza letteraria dei SS.i Accademici Infecondi di Prato nel’giorno 26 di Agosto dell’Anno 1772’, [Italy, likely Prato, c.1772]. In Italian, 160 written pages, 233 x 190mm. Contemporary vellum (edges bumped).
A manuscript copy of a paper on sundials given in 1772 by Pietro Borrani at the literary Accademia degli Infecondi in Prato: the ‘dial of Ahaz’ is perhaps the earliest name given to a sundial, found in the Old Testament. Variance from the text published in 1773 suggests the present manuscript is an early copy of the paper given the year before.
A manuscript copy of a paper on sundials given in 1772 by Pietro Borrani at the literary Accademia degli Infecondi in Prato: the ‘dial of Ahaz’ is perhaps the earliest name given to a sundial, found in the Old Testament. Variance from the text published in 1773 suggests the present manuscript is an early copy of the paper given the year before.
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